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Compute Jobs are packages of work submitted to a computer, which could be the workstation at your desk or a supercomputer on the BeSTGRID Computation Grid. A Compute Job consists of: a description of the work to be done, some data to be worked on, and a list of resources required to do the work, though some of these could be trivial or empty. BeSTGRID provides services for non-trivial compute jobs that are beyond the resources of an individual researcher’s workstation or even the computing facilities of an individual research institute.

None. BeSTGRID itself does not provide any computing resources, but the BeSTGRID members share substantial computing resources with each other. These range from modest dedicated computing clusters such as SCENZ-Cluster from Landcare Research NZ Ltd, through the distributed cycle-scavenging clusters provided by the University of Auckland, to the BlueFern supercomputer from the University of Canterbury.

Due to the variety of resources available, there’s likely to be a resource already available that suits the Compute Job you want to run.

To submit a compute job, download and install one of the Grisu clients. These clients are used to create compute jobs by; attaching a description, in the form of a script or command to be executed, including some data, and requesting appropriate resources. Once the compute job is set up, the client submits it via the KAREN network, or a standard internet connection, to one of the compute resources on the BeSTGRID Computational Grid.